Palestine Dispossessed

Najib Antoine Jabre

• 05 april 2026
• 9798255037131

Samenvatting:

PALESTINE DISPOSSESSED - How the Law Organized the Dispossession of a People
By Najib Antoine Jabre

Translated From the French by the author
Original Title: "LA PALESTINE SPOLIÉE - Comment le droit a-t-il organisé la dépossession d'un peuple"

What are the legal structures used by the State of Israel that have made it possible to dispossess and permanently exile the Palestinian people?

In his book, "Palestine Dispossessed," the author contends that the expropriation of Palestinian land, possessions, and privileges was not just an unintended consequence of conflict. Rather, it was deliberately established, maintained, and perpetuated through law, bureaucracy, juridical categorization, and institutional architecture.

Based on a thorough examination of official documents, legal texts, historical accounts, and in-depth case studies, this book explores the transformation of forced eviction from a brutal interruption into a well-defined legal entity. It examines the complex processes by which property was redefined, transferred, and protected from recovery.

The book reveals how various categories, such as "absence," emergency regulations, custodian, legitimizing laws, and administrative procedures, cooperated to block the way to restitution.

This study does not focus on the Palestinian question as a political or emotional controversy. Rather, it examines the legal architecture that made dispossession enforceable and enduring. The study investigates the background of the British Mandate, the legal status of Palestinian citizens, the legal system governing "absentees' property," the freezing of Palestinian bank accounts, the issue of return, and the broader connection between force, law, and historical narrative.

This is not a theological argument, a diplomatic document, or a rhetorical manifesto. Rather, it is a thorough examination of the law and history, exploring how rights can be undermined, how institutions can solidify established facts, and how a system of dispossession can gain a veneer of legitimacy.

Palestine Dispossessed is a meticulously researched, well-supported, and transparently methodological exploration of Palestine, Israel, international law, legal history, forcible displacement, property, sovereignty, and the use of power in administrative matters. It caters to readers with an interest in these subjects.

This book provides a thorough and thought-provoking analysis of one of the most significant dispossession structures of the modern era for legal scholars, Middle Eastern experts, and international law practitioners.